新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课16

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课文16  玛丽有一头羔羊
% Q0 F, O( ?$ z% e/ u& ]1 L" u1 R258. Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece.
        玛丽与丈夫迪米特里住在希腊南部一个叫波拉考拉的小村庄里。
3 K* d6 ]( w: b* p259. One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her.
        玛丽最珍贵的财产之一就是丈夫送给她的一只白色小羔羊。
260. She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it every evening.
        白天，玛丽把羔羊拴在地里的一颗树上，每天晚上把它牵回家。
0 ]# \8 p# ?+ R261. One evening, however, the lamb was missing.
        可是，一天晚上，那只小羔羊失踪了。
+ a, p$ a1 d; o: r' w262. The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen.
! V; w3 c# T& C7 V* {( Z% A        绳子被人割断，很明显小羔羊是被人偷走了。
+ D3 b1 y5 L- y263. When Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him what had happened.
        迪米特里从地里回来，妻子把情况跟他一说，
264. Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.
/ @0 a3 [. q( d+ f& m1 n+ Z* b        他马上出去找偷羔羊的人。
265. He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.
        他知道在这样一个小村庄里抓住小偷并不困难。
9 A$ S! e8 ~  B1 U4 I/ |266. After telling several of his friends about the theft, Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb.
- U3 e* u: C( v& V$ F' A        把失窃的事告诉几个朋友后，迪米特里发出他的邻居阿列科家突然多了一只小羔羊。
267. Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb.
$ o: [; V$ _* W/ c        迪米特里立刻去了阿列科家，气呼呼地指责他偷了羔羊，
268. He told him he had better return it or he would call the police.
$ u9 @6 g3 K. K9 S9 {        告诉他最好把羊交还，否则就去叫警察。
269. Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his backyard.
- R7 c; l- \" R+ I( S0 N2 `! Q; u        阿列科不承认，并把迪米特里领进院子。
9 L$ A6 Q( r# _' }' `270. It was true that he had just bought a lamb, he explained, but his lamb was black.
! j0 S+ l0 Q  f" _8 i        不错，他的确刚买了一只羔羊，阿列科解释说，但他的羔羊是黑色的。
271. Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him.
        迪米特里为自己的鲁莽而感到不好意思，向阿列科道了歉，说是错怪了他。
* W( N7 W7 e( x4 R% l$ M& H( n272. While they were talking it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Aleko's house until the rain stopped.
. t! Q. m& n9 q) k        就在他俩说话的时候，天下起了雨，迪米特里便呆在阿列科家里避雨，一直等到雨停为止。
273. When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white.
        半小时后，当他从屋里出来时，他惊奇地发现小黑羔羊全身几乎都变成白色。
4 P, I+ w/ f  u5 P& h5 x274. Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain!
        原来羊毛上染的黑色被雨水冲掉了！